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Microsoft's "Mojave Experiment" Teaser Site Goes Live
MojoKid writes "Earlier this week, Microsoft was reported to be arranging a kind of 'blind taste test' to get die-hard Windows XP users to try Vista. They were told that they were trying a new OS, called Mojave. The report went on to suggest that users liked the OS, though they were actually running Vista. Now it appears Microsoft has put up a
teaser site, with
plans to show the actual video footage next week. Though the footage should at least have some entertainment
value, it would be a bit of a reach to expect that the test methodologies were
real-world enough such that users had to deal with things like user account
control, driver updates, and broad application compatibility."
Researchers have conducting 'taste tests' have found that recipients of grits in their pants preferred having cold grits poured down their pants rather than hot grits.
Repeat the experiment with a "Vista Capable" set of hardware, the stuff MS is getting sued over.
So... it just finished booting up?
Build a tool even an idiot can use and only an idiot will want to use it. -S.O.B.
Great PR job. I KNEW the Iraqi Minister of Information would land on his feet somewhere.
Keep the Classic Slashdot.
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Roseanne Roseannadanna: Oh. Never mind.
Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
So, microsoft disguised vista as a good operating system... why don't they do that for EVERYONE?
whether or not Microsoft provided unrealistically favourable test conditions.
Of course they did. The test subjects didn't have to deal with installing or registering it.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
Microsoft's attempts to pull their Edsel out of the mud reminds me of a line from an old Albert Brooks movie:
"Wouldn't it be great if desperation made us more attractive?"
You are welcome on my lawn.
Shut up with your lies! You're prejudicing people against Vista, there are no problems with it at all, and it's all made up fabricated evil lies by Linux and Apple fans!
Consumers would love Vista if filthy communist turtle-neck-and-jeans wearing Appl-inux zealots like you would stop inventing problems and just leave it alone. In fact here's 120 uncorrupted pure souls who are absolutely not actors or employees of PR firms on Microsoft's payroll to prove it...
What an appropriate designation for a Vista test.
Are you suggesting that Microsoft would actually go through the trouble of "stacking the deck"?
Not at all! It's just a Microsoft certified deck, containing only hearts: 50% aces, 30% kings, 10% queens, 9% jacks and some Balmers - err, jokers. It's a perfect deck - any deviation from expectations is your own fault.
Very clever piece of PR on Microsoft's part. Nobody said ever said they weren't great at PR.
Speaking of blind taste tests, a funny thing happened a long time ago... my son was about six years old, we were at a mall where they were inviting people to "take the Pepsi challenge." My son was all excited, and so we lined up. They put two plastic cups in front of him. He tasted both. They asked which one he liked better.
"I like this one better," he said with a great air of seriousness, but, unfortunately for Pepsi, he went on solemnly, "because it's colder and it has more bubbles in it." The presenters tried to bull ahead ("You chose Pepsi!") but it was too late... everyone within earshot was cracking up.
"How to Do Nothing," kids activities, back in print!
It sounds like your problem is that the computer is in charge, not you. You issue commands to the computer. You must act like you expect it to obey. I think you're being too tentative. You give the permission, not the computer. Hope this helps.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
Every time you use "Fixed that for you", I think you're an asshole.
There we go, fixed that for you
which is totally what she said
Some people consider me a fairly credible source. It is odd that you had factual issues with "disinformation" and not with "they always knife the baby." Nor with "the utter lack of compelling features." Perhaps you know better than to ask for citations there?